Paul Gordon - Fool-Hearted Girl lyrics

[Jerusha Abbott] Daddy, Daddy, what do you think? The postman has just come First, my story is accepted Fifty dollars! A la! I'm an author! I feel like I'm becoming somebody now A proper person Second A letter from the college secretary I'm to have a scholarship for two years That will cover board and tuition Daddy, now I won't be such a burden I'll have all the money I need [Jervis Pendleton] It's out of the question! [Jerusha Abbott] What do you mean I shouldn't accept? Mr Girl Hater I don't understand you at all And I never will You are so completely tenacious Tough and bull-headed I've got news for you You can make a fuss if you want to But I refuse to give up what I've earned No! Bridges may be burned! [Jervis Pendleton] Miss Abbott! [Jerusha Abbott] Dear Daddy Long Legs I will not be treated like an item you own And you can tell your secretary man That if you say one thing more I won't accept the monthly allowance either But will wear myself into a nervous wreck Tutoring stupid freshmen Yours with a mind completely and irrevocably and world-without-end made up Now, Daddy, I must sleep But I will think of you Please, Daddy, let me do what a fool-hearted girl Must do [Jervis Pendleton] A perfectly awful day I just received your letter I'm ashamed of my irrational behaviour A perfectly awful day But look at it from my side Your dependence is all I can depend on Please, Jerusha Abbott You'll know the truth in the end Yours Jervis- Daddy- Pendleton Long Legs Smith Who writes another letter than he will not send And whose cowardly behaviour is becoming a trend